Ethiopia's online horrors: 'I saw my father's dead body on Facebook' - BBC News

It took a university student in Ethiopia four years to get a horrific online photo removed.

1 day agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Fiseha Adugnaw MintesnotBy Rob WilsonThe Comb podcast, BBC World ServiceWhen Ethiopian university student Moti Dereje logged into his Facebook account in late November 2018, he was expecting to see the usual updates from his friends and family.

Instead, the 19-year-old - who was studying in the capital, Addis Ababa - saw a shocking post.

"As I refreshed my news feed, I saw my father's dead body lying there," he told the BBC's The Comb podcast.

Not only was Mr Moti devastated by seeing such a horrific image, but this was how he found out that his father had been killed.

"I kind of froze at that moment. It was really shocking for me," he says.

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